Single. Played to long-on. Single. Played to long-on. Single. Cramped for space, still manages a single. Dot. Brilliantly stopped by Surya at short-cover. Dot. On target, defended. Two wides. Down the leg, off Robin’s pads, single. Single. Through mid-wicket.

DD 60/3 (7)DK 25(17)

Four. Beautifully leg-glanced, Morne can’t stop it. Dot. Excellent fielding by Shakib at short mid-wicket. Dot. On spot, defended. Six. Pulled away over Morne’s head, into the stands. Was slightly top-edged but still civered the distance. One. Leg-glanced, this time Morne collects and throws the ball back. OUT! Right through the gate! Ross never looked comfortable…

OUT! Ross b Kallis 6(9)!

DD 49/2 (6)DK 14(12), Ross 6(8)

Single. Sharp single to short-cover. Single. Played to mid-wicket. Four. Slog-swept, over square-leg, falls just short of fence, rolls on. Dot. Caught in two minds, played at last moment. Dot. Stepped out, played to point, rushed out for a single, the throw is spot on. Dot. Hit straight to extra-cover.

DD 43/2 (5)DK 13(11), Ross 1(3)

Two. Steered past point. Dot. Hit straight to point. Single. Steps out and plays to wide mid-on. Dot. Played back to Vinay. Dot. Played to cover. Dot. Pushed to mid-on.

Two. Played to right of deep third-man. Five. Terrible running, but Kallis’ throw missed. Pandey throws again, but ball hits the bat and ran to the fence. Single. Bounce off a length, well-played. Single. Played with soft hands to the off. Four. Outside off, DK gives it his all, one-bounce for four. Dot. Comes back, beaten.

Dot. Mistimed back to JP. Single. Mayank dives forward at long-on. Just fell short of him. Single. Casually played. Single. Hit hard to long-off. Two. Played furiously to deep extra-cover, well-fielded by Mayank. One. Played to square-leg.

Two. Played to deep extra-cover. Single. Played to mid-wicket. Single. Pushed to short extra-cover. Four. Stepped out and played violently through mid-wicket, valiant dive. Four. Encore. Similar ball, similar stroke, similar outcome. OUT! Caught in two minds, it was a nothing stroke, the ball brushed the inside edge and crashed onto the stumps.

OUT! Manish b Nadeem 48(41)!

KKR 63/2 (10)Manish 37(37), Robin 14(18)

Two. Played to mid-wicket, should have been an easy run out at bowler’s end, Jaidev fails to collect. One. Agricultural stroke from Manish, straight down the ground. Dot. Stepped out and tried a wild swipe. Missed completely. One. Pushed to mid-wicket. Two. Randomly lofted stroke to long-on. One. Deceived in pace, played to cover.

KKR 56/2 (9)Manish 31(33), Robin 13(16)

Two. Robin shuffles and flicks through mid-wicket. Single. Short-pitchyed, played to sweeper. Single. Beaten by flight, still manages to play straight. Single. Played towards square-leg. Single. Played to deep mid-wicket. Dot. Almost run out thanks to a flying Tiwary.

Single. Played to mid-off. Single. Played to extra-cover. Single. Turned to deep mid-wicket. Single. Dropped! Chipped by Robin, Ross drops, the ball flies over his head, he cannot collect it on second bounce either. Single. Pulled brutally again, but there is a deep mid-wicket. Single. Played to mid-wicket.

31/2 is the lowest powerplay score for KKR vs DD in #IPL. Prev best: 35/1 at Eden Gardens in 2008

Wide. Well outside off. Four. Short, and Manish pulls brutally, almost on the front-foot. Dot. Pushed to extra-cover, but Tiwary is brilliant out there. Single. Awkwardly pushed to mid-on. Single. Played to third-man. Four. Superb improvisation, driven between mid-off and cover to a ball pitched well outside off. Single. Played to mid-off.

Single. Square-driven. Single. Played through mid-wicket. Single. Plays with soft hands and the batsmen hurriedly run across. Four. Pulled to perfection. Two. Pulled again, but no timing this time. Dot. Cramped for room.

Just play #IPL on fast and bouncy tracks. It will be boring for the audience, but great for the fitness of players.

Dot. No run. Dot. Beaten outside off comprehensive. Manish has looking awkward. Dot. Nice out-swinger, shapes away. Dot. Tried to pull and missed. Three slips for Coulter-Nile. Single. Played to short cover. Single. Played to mid-off.

KKR 16/2 (3)Manish 6(10), Robin 0(3)

Dot. Left outside off. Wide. Outside leg. Dot. Inside edge on to the pads. Dot. Cramped. Robin looks helpless. Wide. Short and wayward outside off. Two. Manish drives through the extra-cover. One. Not timed well. To third man. Dot. Rapped on the pads, but too high.

KKR 11/2 (2)Manish 3(5), Robin 0(2)

Dot. Excellent bouncer from Coulter-Nile, Manish edges it, the ball falls just short of first-slip. Single. Desperate attempt for a run, missed run-out chance. Dot. Gauti plays to point. DK gets a leg-slip. OUT! There was a leg-slip, and Gauti fell to the trap! Nice reflex catch from JP! Dot. Excellent ball that moves across Robin. Dot. Robin chases and is beaten.

OUT! Gauti c JP b Coulter-Nile 0(4)!

KKR 10/1 (1)Gauti 0(2), Manish 2(3)

Wide. Down the legs. HE’S GONE! IS OUT CAUGHT! HE POKES AT ONE OUTSIDE OFF! THE BALL FLIES TO ROSS AT FIRST-SLIP! KALLIS GONE FOR A GOLDEN DUCK! Five wides. Huge, huge wide, absolutely no chance for DK. Dot. Outside off. Left alone by Manish. Two. Driven through point. Leg-bye. Moved in, hit the pad, and they scamper for a quick single. Dot. Beautiful line and movement, Gauti beaten outside off-stump. Wide. Down the leg-side. Dot. Outside off. Gauti is not interested.

Toss: Gautam Gambhir has won the toss and elected to bat against Delhi.

Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live blog of the IPL 2014 match between the Kolkata Knight Riders and the Delhi Daredevils at Abu Dhabi on Saturday. This is Abhishek Mukherjee and I will be bringing you the over-by-over updates of the match.

Delhi Daredevils are gearing up to get their campaign back on track amid uncertainty over the availability of their best batsman Kevin Pietersen for the Indian Premier League match against Kolkata Knight Riders who will look to continue their winning momentum.

While the Daredevils were beaten black and blue by Royal Challengers Bangalore in their opening match, the Knight Riders kicked off their campaign in the best possible manner, posting a thumping 41-run win over defending champions Mumbai Indians.

In the event of Pietersen missing out on another game, the Daredevils will again have to rely heavily on their two other overseas stars, J P Duminy and Ross Taylor. Both batted beautifully in their opening game and revived the team from a tottering 17 for three to 145 for four in 20 overs. After a miserable outing against RCB, Mayank Agarwal, Dinesh Karthik, who led the side in the absence of Pietersen, and Manoj Tiwary will need to pull their socks up, PTI reported.